RED DEER – Red Deer is the host site for the AFHL U18 AA Showcase December 15-17. The annual showcase consists of the 12 teams who make up the North and South Divisions of the U18 AA division. Games are being held at the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre and Collicutt Centre. On Friday […]
RED DEER – Red Deer is hosting the U15 AA Alberta Female Hockey League (AFHL) Showcase this weekend, December 8-10. The annual showcase consists of the 14 teams who make up the North and South Divisions of the U15 AA division. On Friday morning, the puck drops with the North Central Impact and the hometown […]
RED DEER – Applications are now open for nominations for the BFL Canada Women in Coaching Award. There are three different categories to nominate your coach: Community Coach: Defined as a woman coaching athletes of any age who play and compete in divisions where there is not a national championship identified as a culminating event. (ex. U7-U15 house […]
This month’s alumni spotlight focuses on Stephanie Fischer. Hockey has forever been engrained in Stephanie Fischer’s DNA. She grew up in Wainright and played her minor hockey in Lloydminster for the PWM Steelers. She went on to be over a point-per-game player with the Irma Chargers of the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League, registering 29 […]
RED DEER – Grant applications for Female Hockey Day are now open for Minor Hockey Associations across Alberta. Female Hockey Day is a Hockey Alberta initiative aimed at bringing female players, parents, coaches, and supporters together for the development, growth, and celebration of the game. This initiative began in 2018 and had since made stops […]
RED DEER – Team Alberta’s U18 Female squad had a strong showing at the National Women’s U18 Championship November 5-11 in Dawson Creek, B.C., but fell just short of reaching the podium after a 3-1 loss to Team British Columbia in the bronze medal game. Team Alberta overcame some early tournament adversity – losing their […]
RED DEER – More than 40 tournaments are scheduled across Alberta this weekend, and hosts are ensuring participants have the opportunity to pay their respects on Remembrance Day, and throughout the weekend. Many tournament hosts are ensuring that poppy stickers are placed on each player’s helmet for the duration of the tournament as well as […]
RED DEER – The opening of the 2023 National Women’s U18 Championship, which dropped the puck on Sunday, November 5 in Dawson Creek, B.C., stirred up memories for Team Alberta alumni Bree Kennedy. Kennedy was a member of Team Alberta that competed in the 2019 tournament in Morden and Winkler, Manitoba. “As always, when putting […]
RED DEER – Applications are now being accepted from Hockey Alberta member organizations for the Local Hockey Leaders EDI Grant program. The Local Hockey Leaders EDI Grant program provides up to $5,000 in funding towards general EDI fundamentals training, or for a specific awareness and education project proposed by the Member. “This exciting new grant […]
RED DEER – As part of the second annual Maltreatment Awareness Day (11.4 Day), Hockey Alberta is continuing an initiative that began last season. Starting last year on November 4 (11.4 Day), Hockey Alberta partnered with 17 AAA and AA programs around the province to circulate ‘These Don’t Belong’ banners. “Our goal is to nurture […]
